Overall Outlook: The Astros have taken the first few steps in the rebuilding process. The team traded Roy Oswalt and Lance Berkman last July. The team will be sold any day now to it appears to Jim Crane based on recent reports in the Houston Chronicle. Last year ,the team ranked 16th in MLB in attendance. The team has introduced dynamic pricing this year. The Astros have kept season ticket prices flat. The Astros will have a tough time out of the box both on and off the field. The team is home for 22 of its first 37 games while school is still in session. The lone bright spot is that the Red Sox come to town for interleague play. Just like the Pirates, I can’t see the team going anywhere but down at the box office. I forsee the Astros having a 10% drop at the box office in 2011.

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David Simmons is a graduate of the University of Central Florida who worked in the front office of the Los Angeles Dodgers over 4 seasons and has a decade of ticketing experience.. He serves as CFO for Players For The Planet and currently resides in Baltimore. You can follow David on Twitter @davidesimmons